Jail Time For Man Who Sold Fentanyl That Led To Fatal Overdose

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — A Mercer County man who previously admitted to selling fentanyl-laced heroin to a Burlington County resident who subsequently died has been sentenced to eight years in prison, authorities announced.

Daquan Marshall, 30 of Trenton, previously pleaded guilty to first-degree strict liability for drug induced death. He must serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.

Marshall had been lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since his arrest in April 2019. He originally faced drug distribution charges, but the offense was upgraded after the victim died, and the investigation traced the drugs back to him. Read more here: Mercer County Man Indicted In Burlington Woman's Fatal OD: PO

“Our Office, and our local law enforcement partners, will continue to make the prosecution of fatal overdoses as a first-degree crime a top priority throughout Burlington County,” Coffina said. “Drug dealers know that selling fentanyl can be deadly to any given customer from any given dose, and we intend to hold them accountable for their reckless conduct.”

Burlington Township police found 22-year-old Alexandra Kohfeldt, of Springfield, in a bedroom of her home with a hypodermic needle near her body on Oct. 30, 2018, according to the prosecutor's office. Police had been responding to a report of a possible overdose.

She was taken to Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, where she died on Nov. 4 without ever having regained consciousness. An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined that her death was due to fentanyl toxicity.

He was subsequently arrested at his home by members of the Burlington County Sheriff's Department Warrant Unit, Trenton Police, and the U.S. Marshal's Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force — Camden Division.